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Ground Yellowjackets (Genus Vespula)Observer
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Does anyone know what wasp built these tiny (early?) nests? I've never seen paper nests this color, wonder the source of the fiber.
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Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)Observer
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Seeds or ?? seemingly either eaten INTO our OUT OF. Found 20 March under item stored on back deck.
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Pale Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)Observer
fred1stDescription
Blue ridge parkway border, full sun, abundant.
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Sunflowers and Allies (Tribe Heliantheae)Observer
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Blue ridge parkway border, full sun, abundant.
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Starry Rosinweed (Silphium asteriscus)Observer
fred1stDescription
Blue ridge parkway border, full sun, abundant.
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Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)Observer
fred1stDescription
Wet banks of a small branch, tributary of Goose Creek, near its source. This is headwaters of s fork of Roanoke River.
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Pigeon Horntail (Tremex columba)Observer
fred1stDescription
Observed sluggishly moving through lawn grasses. Ichneumonids commonly observed nearby on woodpile.
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Blunt Woodsia (Woodsia obtusa)Observer
fred1stDescription
Uncommon fern for this location in a moist creek valley, growing at base of a stacked rock landscaping wall possibly with calcareous stones.
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Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)Observer
fred1stDescription
This tree present in abundance (early growth--15 feet tall) along Eno River. Another shot in SEEK not recorded here. My observation was recorded in SEEK at the time, but has since disappeared. I'm confused.
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Sea Ox-Eye (Borrichia frutescens)Observer
fred1stDescription
I shot this in SEEK and expected it to be recorded here (along with several more specimens) but NO. What is relationship bw this site's saves and SEEK's?
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Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)Observer
fred1stDescription
Guessing at ID to be same as previously reported frog where consensus seems to be pickerel vs leopard.
Thoughts?
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
fred1stDescription
Not exactly like sweetgum and I have never seen it and does not appear on range maps for the SW VA mts. Growing along a trail through young woods--old field successional.
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Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)Observer
fred1stDescription
Ungrazed pasture and gravel-roadside plant, noted for the way it holds the overnight dew and glistens in the morning sun. Ours only gets 12 inches high or so.
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Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)Observer
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Large tree, uncommon in the area and not recorded for the county deeply fissured back similar to cottonwood. Leaves with strongly unequal base, leaf slightly cupped towards the base of the midvein.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Residential yard Floyd County VA. Near town limits west of town.
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One of at least two large aggregations, early August after days of rain. Harvested and consumed--what the insects had not already eaten.
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Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)Observer
fred1stDescription
Deciduous tree, two large specimens, leaves thick, dark green, prominent light colored midvein, dusky back of leaf, opposite in dense clusters end of stems. 2700 feet, Blue Ridge Mts of VA.
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Abbott's Sphinx (Sphecodina abbottii)Observer
fred1stDescription
Dry woods, deep valley along headwaters of S fork of Roanoke River, Floyd County VA.
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Harris' Three-Spot (Harrisimemna trisignata)Observer
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The dog discovered it waggling its defensive warming in a lilac bush near our back door. Note the cast-off heads from previous molts in the cephalic hairs.
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American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa)Observer
fred1stDescription
Flower image just today make ID point possibly to Araliaceae. Habitat: 2100 feet rich creek valley, formerly Hemlock dominated forest along headwaters of S fork of Roanoke River. Appears to be wild, one specimen only with casual search.
